Wednesday, 28 January 2015

Double Page Spread Story

Darnell is living the life most of us dream about, screaming fans, the endless nights on stage doing what he loves and here at Stargazer we have the privilege to have our very first interview with the rising star himself 

Goodmorning! It's so lovely to finally meet you! Us here at Stargazer are loving the new single "Limitless". It must be daunting having phone calls for interviews on the radio and from magazines especially since you're so new to the business

D: Thanks Im glad people like it! It was pretty daunting to start with, everybody wants to know things about me, it's pretty weird, I mean Im just a normal guy. But I guess it comes with the job, I just never expected the single to do that well and the album, it's extraordinary! 

Can I just say for somebody who's still touring, you look remarkably well! How is the "Beyond Boundaries" tour going? 

D: Thankyou! I try to keep healthy because there's so much to do all the time, tour is great though! I'm loving going to all these beautiful places and meeting all these wonderful fans 

That's sweet, at least you're enjoying yourself! So what's the craziest thing that's happened on tour so far?

D: It's not too crazy, there was one crazy fan though. Around a month ago I was leaving the arena to go to the hotel and this fan came running up to me asking for an autograph which was pretty normal but then he began to turn while he took his top off, I was taken back especially when I saw the tattoo of my face covering most of his back, I still signed it though but it was pretty uncomfortable

Oh wow, that is pretty crazy! So the album is doing pretty well it's in the top 5 still right? How does that feel?

D: Yeah, it is still in the top 5, Im still pretty stoked about it! I figured since I was pretty new that I wouldn't be this popular but I guess people actually enjoy my music

Speaking of music, we know that you're on tour right now but are you planning to start your next album soon or are you just focusing on tour?

D: Right now Im just focusing on the tour, I mean it's taking all of my energy and time now, but Im always starting songs if I have some lyrics in mind, but it's nothing too serious.

Well it's good that you're always writing so you're always prepared for the next album but considering how hectic tour would be is it hard to get some chill time?

D: Well because I get on with every one on tour it's pretty calm when we're on the road so I guess when we have the long drives it's the only time I get to relax and be a normal guy

How does it feel to be as popular as you are now I mean it must be different?

D: Well it's very different, I mean sometimes It seems like Im gonna crash and burn but I feel like this is my time. I'm gonna get to the top and Im gonna be the best I can be

Well it's good that you're gonna try the best you can, but with all the competition shouldn't you give more than what you can?

D: Well since I'm just starting up, I don't wanna give everything I can away I want to keep some surprises up my sleeve, so when the competition gets tough then I can pull out some stuff and shock everyone 

Well that seems like a very good plan, but moving away from competition, how about collaborations?

D: Well I haven't got many on my album right now but I'd love to work with Bruno Mars maybe or even magic I feel like for musicians in the business right now they're up there, I admire Bruno he's a talented musician

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Contents Page Progress


Contents Page Process 8

This was my final stage, I added another grey box by using the rounded rectangle tool, I then used the font Palatino Linotype at size 14 and made "only £5.50...." bold so it stood out against the white box I also made with the rounded rectangle tool. I then created a box with the normal rectangle tool and made it a almost white grey colour and then opened up two photos I had on my phone which I had taken so I opened them and then dragged them onto the contents page and rotated the light grey box as well as the picture of two people to fit inside the box, with the other picture I simple just made it smaller. I created a text box with the text "New girl?!" in and used the font "Forever Young" size 18 pt and created another box underneath it. I then created my final text box at the top of the page above the itunes sign which was the font "Lucidia Fox" size 14pt. I then got a arrow from the internet and then used the fill tool to make it black and moved it around till I had it the way I wanted it, my final stage was the duplicate the pink and white boxes again and typed in the number 22 in the same font and size as the others "Forever Young" at size 20.

Contents Page Process 7

In this stage similar to the other recent stages I was focusing on filling up the grey box with information. I added another line where the this week ends and the specials begin to separate them, I add 50 must have songs and then use the rounded rectangle tool to create the boxes around that. 

Contents Page Process 6

This step involved changing font and adding more text. I decided to change where the text about Mars and Cyrus were, as I wanted that to be part of the specials for this week instead of the featured. So I moved them away for the time being and added the charts and celeb gossip. I created a box by using the rounded rectangle tool and then I made it pink and duplicated it for the next one, I then used a text box and type "the charts" at size 15pt and in the font Kalinga which is the same font for all in this area, I then created another box and typed the information in about the charts and used size 14 pt and the same font,  I then repeated this process for the celeb gossip. I also duplicated the pink and white boxes so I had multiple ready.

Contents Page Process 5

In this step I added more information, I created text boxes one about Miley Cyrus where "Miley Cyrus" is size 15pt in a different box and the rest of the text is in a box underneath which is 14pt and in the the text box about Bruno Mars, is the same, the name in 15pt and the information in 14pt all of the font is "Comic Sans MS" and I also duplicated the pink and white boxes again by using alt so they are not uneven, and moved them to the image at the bottom. I created another white box to put under "this week" and made a line using the line tool to separate each part of the contents. 

Contents Page Process 4

In this stage I wanted to add the "Behind the scene" taster so I opened the image in another page and then used the magic wand to cut round the image and then after deleting the background of the image I dragged it to my contents page. I then resized it and used the shift button so it doesn't lose the shape, I then added more text in the same font and size but moved all the text to the left instead of having it centred and then I duplicated the pink and white boxes and the numbers abut changed them to 29 instead of 22, I then moved "Cover story" to the left side and used the rounded rectangle to create the box underneath, I also went to the internet to get an "available on itunes" box to show that the new single is available for download.